mx. artbotboy

[ID: Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again! - Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men]

And the distinction makes a big difference, because options are something you can pick, see if it works for you, and abandon it if not. And you don't feel incomplete/not trying hard enough/left out if you can't do some options, for whatever reason (money/disability/society/just don't wanna).

And when I say options, I mean everything from coming out to pronouns to hormones to clothes to makeup to surgery and much more. All these things are options you have. Not requirements to be your gender.

i am trans when i am called beautiful and strong for it, and when i am called disgusting or a pervert or a monster i am still trans.

i am trans when i am safe and i will still be trans when i am in danger. i am trans and i am always in danger. i am trans loud and screaming and i am trans quietly whispering.